Re: [MacPerl] Perl Sockets on the Mac - Once Step Furthur (fwd)

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 10.57 97/3/4, Mark Manning/Metrica wrote:
>According to Chipper C. Cuntz:
>>
>> If I submit a URL via the browser to the respective cgi the browser then
>> presents the user with a window asking for User/Pass.
>>
>> Goal:
>>
>> What I would like to do is simulate this entry of User/Pass with a
>> (hopefully minor) change to the code snippet to get URLs.  This would
>> enable a download of the file I am after.  What are the mechanics of this?
>> Can this be done via MacPerl?

I would recommend using url_get or LWP, both available on CPAN.  LWP is
widely used, and I have only used it a little bit; however, I am pretty
darn sure it has this capability.  Paul Schinder has a port of it
available, I believe.  I use url_get quite a bit on my Mac and on UNIX.  It
has a built-in facility for authentication.

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